Brugsch, Heinrich: Egypt under the pharaohs: a history derived entirely from the monuments (London, 1891)

D^T. xxi. SHASHANQ I., OE SHISHAK 375

away from the [lady as their possession. They who shall keep back
any object thereof] (7) one morning after the (other) morning, to
them shall our great spirits be heavy. We 'will not be any help to
them, we will sink (their) noses into the earth, we will.....'

DYNASTY XXII.1
SHASHANQ I. CIE. B.C. 966.

We have seen that Shashanq had set up his throne
at Bubastis, and it appears that he seldom extended his
visits to the upper country of Patoris, though he followed
the traditions of his family by living on the best of
terms with the Eamessides. He became a conspicuous
person in the history of Egypt through his expedition
against the kingdom of Judah. It is well known how
Jeroboam, the servant of Kins; Solomon, rebelled against
tos master. After the prophet Ahijah had publicly
designated him beforehand, as the man best qualified
to be the future sovereign, Jeroboam was obliged to
save himself from the anger of the king, and fled to
■%ypt, to the court of Shashanq I.2 Eecalled after the
death of Solomon, he was elected king of Israel, while
the crown of Judah fell to Solomon's son, Eehoboam.3
■in the fifth year of this latter king's reign, and probably
at the instigation of his former guest (Jeroboam),
Shashanq made his expedition against the kingdom
°i Judah, which ended in the capture and sack of
Jerusalem.4

The story of this campaign has been related on the
Walls of the temple of Amen at Karnak. On the south
external wall, behind the picture of the victories of King
Banises II., to the east of the room called the Hall of
the Bubastites, the spectator beholds the colossal image
°f the Egyptian sovereign dealing heavy blows upon

1 For Table of Kings see p. xxv.
2 1 Kings xi. 26-40. 3 1 Kings xii. 4 1 Kings xiv. 25-28.